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facts do not substantiate the said charges.
I examined each of the men where names appear on the said statement, under oath, and learned from there that the charges were made out, to the best of their belief, before going to Mr Huggins office on the 22nd of July, and as it was not read to them, they were not aware of the contents; and there is but one of the five who acknowledges having put his hand to his name. One of the men, William Hale, whose name appears as a signer of the enclosed statement, swears positively that he was not in Yazoo City at that time. never saw the complaint, and was not aware that his name was on